Cyprus public holidays 2026
Cyprus has 17 national public holidays in 2026. Take those and the weekends out of the calendar and 247 working days remain.
Holiday list for 2026
| Date | Weekday | Holiday | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year's Day
Πρωτοχρονιά |
Nationwide |
| 6 Jan | Tuesday | Epiphany
Θεοφάνεια |
Nationwide |
| 23 Feb | Monday | Green Monday
Καθαρή Δευτέρα |
Nationwide |
| 25 Mar | Wednesday | Greek Independence Day
Επέτειος Ελληνικής Ανεξαρτησίας |
Nationwide |
| 1 Apr | Wednesday | Cyprus National Day
Κυπριακή Εθνική Επέτειος |
Nationwide |
| 10 Apr | Friday | Good Friday
Μεγάλη Παρασκευή |
Nationwide |
| 13 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday
Δευτέρα της Διακαινησίμου |
Nationwide |
| 14 Apr | Tuesday | Easter Tuesday
Τρίτη της Διακαινησίμου |
Nationwide |
| 1 May | Friday | Labour Day
Πρωτομαγιά |
Nationwide |
| 31 May | Sunday rest day | Pentecost
Αγίου Πνεύματος |
Nationwide |
| 1 Jun | Monday | Whit Monday
Δευτέρα Πεντηκοστής |
Nationwide |
| 15 Aug | Saturday rest day | Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Η Κοίμησις της Θεοτόκου |
Nationwide |
| 1 Oct | Thursday | Cyprus Independence Day
Επέτειος Κυπριακής Ανεξαρτησίας |
Nationwide |
| 28 Oct | Wednesday | Ohi Day
Το Όχι |
Nationwide |
| 24 Dec | Thursday | Christmas Eve
Παραμονή Χριστουγέννων |
Nationwide |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day
Χριστούγεννα |
Nationwide |
| 26 Dec | Saturday rest day | St. Stephen's Day
Δεύτερη μέρα των Χριστουγέννων |
Nationwide |
2026 at a glance
January 2 holidays
February 1 holiday
March 1 holiday
April 4 holidays
May 2 holidays
June 1 holiday
July
August 1 holiday
September
October 2 holidays
November
December 3 holidays
Working days in each month
| Month | Days | Weekend | Holidays | Working | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| February | 28 | 8 | 1 | 19 | 152 |
| March | 31 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| April | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 144 |
| May | 31 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 160 |
| June | 30 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 168 |
| July | 31 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 184 |
| August | 31 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| September | 30 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 176 |
| October | 31 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 160 |
| November | 30 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 168 |
| December | 31 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 168 |
| 2026 | 365 | 104 | 14 | 247 | 1,976 |
What the numbers say about Cyprus in 2026
The count uses Saturday and Sunday as the weekly rest days, the standard pattern in Cyprus. Only holidays that apply across the whole country are deducted. Someone working in a region with its own extra days will have a little more time off than these figures show.
3 holidays land on a rest day this year: Pentecost (31 May), Assumption of the Virgin Mary (15 Aug), St. Stephen's Day (26 Dec). On the calendar alone that means no extra time off. Some countries move the day off to the next working day; whether that applies here is set by national rules, so check before you plan around it.
July is the longest working month with 23 days, and April the shortest with 18. A gap of 5 days is enough to make a fixed monthly target noticeably harder in some months than in others. Across quarters, Q2 is the leanest at 59 working days (April, May, June).
Among the 204 countries we track for 2026, the median number of national holidays is 12. With 17, Cyprus sits above the middle of the range, around the 91st percentile (the lowest count this year is 3, the highest 49).
Holidays create 5 stretches of three or more days off in a row. The longest lasts 5 days, from 10 April to 14 April (Good Friday, Easter Monday, Easter Tuesday). There are also 3 bridge days: a single working day squeezed between a holiday and the weekend, where one day of leave turns into four or more days away. See every long weekend in 2026.